Back to Business!

I hope you haven't given up on me - for you who have come to read my blog this year. I am back from a loooong cruise of the Mediterranean and what a vacation that was! Almost too long however. We had great weather, very, very warm, and only one day where it slightly dropped a few droplets of refreshing rain! ;) I am so tired of lugging around my canvas bag holding my two precious cameras and lenses. Wholly Toledo. I'm getting too old for this!

The cruise was great in that we always had a fairly cushy bed to come back to on the ship, the beds were turned down, with a chocolate laying on the covers for us, with a cute little towel animal of varied species each night. The entertainment was great, the food was scrumptious, the cruise staff were polite and kind and ready to please. The only bad thing that I can think of is that you are on a 'timed' agenda for the day for each port that you come into. Of course you want to see what each country has to offer, but you only have so much time to do it in. So that means, transporting from the ship to shore (at some docks), riding a bus or train to your desired destination (in some cases we were lucky and we could just walk within the town), and then when you get to your destination you only have so much time before you have to turn around and make sure you get back on the ship before it leaves for the night! But it was a great opportunity to see where I would like to return for a longer stay sometime. I would definitely go back to Italy to visit the Tuscany area, and from my previous travels to France, I would definitely go back to the eastern portion of France to their wine countryside - I think they call it the champagne region if I remember correctly.

So I am home with over 1,500 digital shots, and 11 rolls of TMAX B&W 36 exposure, and I ran out of film after Florence, and for some strange reason I felt a huge weight lifted from my shoulders!! ;) Now I only had to carry one camera and just switch over to 'P' for my programmed B&W feature! Hah! It was great. Last night I started showing my husband the digital pics on the TV. He really liked them. We'll do more tonite.

I'll post more soon with pictures - just not today as I have been busy getting back to some normalcy around here. Chica my dog sure missed me. She has been by my side all day and couldn't stop kissing me when I got home yesterday. Aaawww. She is just too cute!